氷襲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
氷 襲
こおり
Grade: 3 		かさね > がさね
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 氷(こおり) (kōri, “ice”) + 襲(かさね) (kasane, “layering; combination of colors created by layering”). The kasane changes to gasane as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく))..

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こおりがさね [kòórígáꜜsànè] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɾʲiɡa̠sa̠ne̞]

Noun

氷(こおり)襲(がさね) • (kōri-gasane) 

  1. two sheets of torinoko paper (鳥(とり)の子(こ)紙(がみ) (torinokogami)), a type of high-quality paper, combined and used for writing poems and letters
  2. the combination of glossy white and plain white
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